The doggie restrooms are about 10 square feet in size, and will be placed on "greenbelts" along the sidewalks and around parks.

GlobalPost's Senior Correspondent in Hong Kong, Benjamin Carlson says this is "one of many signs that China is, as in many other respects, becoming like the developed world in its intense — and widespread — fondness for pets."

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